What Else Can Kids Read? 7 Reading Ideas Beyond Chapter Books

Think beyond chapter books when asking your kids to read. Chapter books are just one of many reading options. Here are seven more reading ideas to entice your kids into more reading.

7 Reading Ideas Beyond Chapter Books

1. The Newspaper

Our daughter saw the headline about McDonald’s in the above newspaper Op-Ed section, read the editorial, and had a lot of questions about it. I loved that she read a story that looked interesting to her and I especially loved that she wanted to understand it better.

We normally don’t get the paper but occasionally do. And leave it lying around for kid discovery. (Well, that wasn’t intentional but it’s a good idea for the future!)

Pull out the Arts & Entertainment, Sports, Comics, or Opinion sections for your kids. What will they like?

2. Magazines

I’ve stopped all my magazine subscriptions just in time for my kids to ramp up. They get and love: American Girl, Discovery Girls, Focus on the Family’s Clubhouse. One of their favorite things in magazines is to take the (totally ridiculous) quizzes. Reading is reading!

Most picture books (not all!) are written at an upper elementary level of vocabulary. Not only are picture books rich with word choice, they’re short gems filled with incredible stories and life lessons.

Above, the kids are listening to the playback of the Todd Parr book they recorded using SparkUp.

Comments

That was great! Loved the chickens having a ball in the pool! It&172#8;s been fabulous dropping in to visit your lovely garden this year and I look forward to more next year. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas.